January 25, 2026 Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR JANUARY 25, 2026

The large print copies of the current Upper Room have been received and placed on the table outside the sanctuary. Thank you for your patience and we have returned to the order quantities that we had been receiving.

The Church will be making subs on Saturday, February 7th, beginning at 9:30 am in the church basement – weather permitting. Order sheets are due today so please contact Ron Lutz at (419) 618-6022 or at rlutz8@woh.rr.com.

As we will be making subs on the first Saturday in February, our next Men’s Breakfast will be February 14th at GW’s Fine Foods in Tiffin. Our March breakfast will be on the 7th at Fostoria Dell’s.

Our congregation has been invited to attend Pastor Amy Kinney’s (St. John’s UCC) Ordination Celebration on Sunday afternoon, February 1st. Please see the invitation on the narthex bulletin board.

Our next Administrative Board meeting is Tuesday, February 10th at 6:00 p.m. Board members are Marcia Abbott (Acting Chair), Bob Manz, Shelby Lopez, Morgan Johnson, Carol Reisner, and Helen Emerine. During our first meeting we will need to nominate and approve the Chairperson for 2026.

Pastor Dean has begun leading the RightNow Media study “Apologetics” (the defense or proof of Christianity) by Chad Ragsdale. We will continue digging into the lessons next Sunday when we resume our worship service. It is only the second lesson in the ten-week series so it is not to late to catch up.

You may pick up your 2025 offering totals outside the sanctuary if you haven’t already done so.

Our 2026 Ecumenical Lent worship schedule is:
• Ash Wednesday (February 18th) at 7:00 pm with Pastor Bob Greene providing the message at Bascom Community Church. Pastors Amy Kinney, Dean Durant, and Bob will all participate in the Imposition of Ashes for those wishing to receive them.
• We will be ecumenically celebrating Maundy (Holy) Thursday (April 2nd) at 7:00 pm with Pastor Dean providing the message at Hopewell Church of God. This service includes a Hand Washing Service for those who wish to participate.
• We gather at 2:00 pm on Good Friday (April 3rd) with a Tenebrae service at St. John’s UCC, concluding with an open table sharing of the elements of Holy Communion.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

January 26       Steve Tschanen

January 29       Palmer Grace Rohrer, M/M Don Wertz